India vs South Africa 1st Test Match Playing 11, Full Squad: Shubman Gill’s India will lock horns with Temba Bavuma’s South Africa in a two-match Test series. The first Test starts at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. While India has whitewashed West Indies in their previous assignment, South Africa are coming on the back of a 1-1 draw against Pakistan.
India’s bowling, Kuldeep Yadav did play the last home series after missing out in England. Against the West Indies, the Indian wrist spinner was quite wily. In addition to him, the likes of Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja present a different challenge for the batters. And the pace duo of Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah have been in good form. As per South Africa, it is highly likely they are going to play a two-spinner combination for the Test match.
India XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Siraj.
South Africa XI: Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Dewald Brevis, Zubayr Hamza, Tony de Zorzi, Corbin Bosch, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Senuran Muthusamy, Kagiso Rabada, Simon Harmer.
Squads:
India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, Akash Deep
South Africa Squad: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma(c), Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Kyle Verreynne(w), Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Corbin Bosch, Senuran Muthusamy, Zubayr Hamza, Wiaan Mulder
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